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preventive
[ pri-ven-tiv ]
adjective
- Medicine/Medical. of or noting a drug, vaccine, etc., for preventing disease; prophylactic.
- serving to prevent or hinder:
preventive measures.
noun
- Medicine/Medical. a drug or other substance for preventing disease.
- a preventive agent or measure.
preventive
/ ɪˈɛԳɪ /
adjective
- tending or intended to prevent or hinder
- med
- tending to prevent disease; prophylactic
- of or relating to the branch of medicine concerned with prolonging life and preventing disease
- (in Britain) of, relating to, or belonging to the customs and excise service or the coastguard
noun
- something that serves to prevent or hinder
- med any drug or agent that tends to prevent or protect against disease
- another name for contraceptive
Derived Forms
- ˈԳپԱ, noun
- ˈԳپ, adverb
Other yvlog Forms
- ·t· adverb
- ·t·Ա noun
- ԴDzp·t adjective
- non·t· adverb
- non·t·Ա noun
- ܲp·Գa·پ adjective
- ܲp·t adjective
- un·t· adverb
- un·t·Ա noun
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of preventive1
Example Sentences
While Obama ended the Special Registration program and Biden revoked the Muslim ban, no preventive measures were undertaken to guard against future racist policies and, all too unfortunately, we see the results of that today.
That reduced appetite, if not overseen properly by a doctor, could cause nutritional deficiencies and leave people with less energy for workouts, says Dr. Martha Gulati, director of preventive cardiology at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
As a result, the center found, many Californians are choosing to delay or forgo healthcare, including some preventive care.
According to Winslow: “Future progress in the reduction of mortality and in the promotion of health and efficiency depends chiefly upon the application of medical science to the early diagnosis and preventive treatment of disease.”
Even after classes resumed, they were still doing preventive maintenance, such as removing unwieldy trees.
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